Why is the 2nd edition better than, say, the 5th? Bob...


>From: "Carole M. Hertz" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: American Seashells
>Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 08:48:18 -0700
>
>The second edition was published in 1974 and is greatly expanded from
>the first ed.  Unfortunately it is out of print at this time and
>difficult to find.
>HOpe this helps,
>CArole
>
>Peter Froehlich wrote:
> >
> > I have been checking the web in an effort to find a copy of this book by
> > R.Tucker Abbott.  There seem to be a lot of copies available but many
>seem
> > to be of the first edition or printing (1950's).  From what I have read
>on
> > Conch-l it is the 2nd edition that I want.
> > Can someone check their copy of the second edition and let me know when
>it
> > was published, by whom and perhaps the ISBN # so I can be sure what I
>order
> > off the net is a second edition and not just the 5th or 7th printing of
>the
> > first edition?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Beth DeHaas
> > Whitefield, ME 04353


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